The last one I got they tried to prove they got in to my account by typing my old password in the email to me, but I changed that password about 5 years ago so these scammer have old info.
But there are some that has not changed passwords and will panic and pay them. How stupid.
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 06:04, Stephen Elliott wrote:
>> I just received an email claiming a hack of my system and threat
>> to send a porn vid to all my contacts if I don’t pay $800 in
>> bitcoin. How can I know if this is a real threat and what can I
>> do about it?
On 2019-04-24 06:35, Mike wrote:
> I have ignored identical emails for years. Never a problem. Key is
> not responding. Have not to date received a follow up or additional
> communication from the initiator.
I have been getting these for a while. They're pretty inept if you
take a look at their headers and source. They claim to have hacked your
account, yet the mail doesn't come from your account, but from
compromised machines in .br or .ru with a forged From: . At least a few
claim to have a tracking pixel in them, and no tracking pixel is
attached. This is lazy scammers attempting to get easy money from dumb
people.
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